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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Fall Sem. This is the second course of a two-course sequence concerned with the care and maintenance of trees. Topics covered will include tree physiology, plant selection, planting site modification, planting guidelines, construction damage to trees, and pest management. The lab sessions will provide the opportunity to apply tree maintenance practices and explore specialized areas of arboriculture, such as hazard tree management and lightning protection of trees. (2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab). Prerequisite: Arboriculture I (FOR 140) or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Spring Sem. This course provides a detailed introduction to different silvicultural systems and practices, with an emphasis on the underlying ecological basis of silviculture. While the course is national and even international in scope, it focuses most particularly on the Northeastern U.S. The course makes heavy use of the College's own land and surrounding forests as a "laboratory." A centerpiece of the course is the project in which students are assigned a plot on the Paul Smith's College Forest, for which they develop a silvicultural prescription, implement the prescription on the ground, and write a detailed report on their work. (2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab). Prerequisites: Introduction to Forestry (FOR 101) and Dendrology (FOR 110), or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours d.b.a. This course introduces the student to the care, management, and use of draft horses in a variety of work situations. Lectures focus on care, maintenance, anatomy, and facility requirements for optimum management. Laboratories will concentrate on handling, harnessing, and driving horses in a variety of applications (i.e., one-horse, two-horse team, log skidding, wagon driving.) (2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab).
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Spring Sem. This course is designed to teach students the many dimensions of successful operation and management of a sugar bush. The skills learned from this course will range from managing sugar maples for sap production to marketing maple syrup. The College's Sugar Bush will be the classroom for this course and provide students with the hands-on experience. The student may be asked to demonstrate his or her knowledge by conducting tours for the public. (2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab).
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2.00 Credits
2 Credit Hours Spring Sem. This course explores special topics of interest related to the field of urban tree management. Students will learn how to perform job cost estimation and gain an appreciation for the intricacies of running a tree care business. Insurance and tax issues will be studied, along with the importance of maintaining a professional image. Management and planning strategies for urban forestry departments will be examined. The course will also cover issues pertaining to personnel management and conflict resolution. (2 hours lecture). Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Summer Sess. This is a first-job experience in the green industry. The student is required to complete a minimum of 400 hours in a position approved by the Program Coordinator. Students are informed of various job opportunities offered through the College Placement Office or the Program Coordinator. A student may decide to independently select a job experience upon approval of the Program Coordinator. Grading is pass/fail. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of all first-year URTM courses, or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Spring Sem. The course deals with forest ecosystems-assemblages of trees and their communities and the environments in which they live. Ecological principles governing forest establishment, competition, succession and growth will be covered, providing the student with an understanding of ecological relationships which are basic to managing trees and forests from the urban environment to the forested watershed. (3 hours lecture). Prerequisites: Introduction to Forestry (FOR 101) and Dendrology (FOR 110), or General Ecology (BIO 210).
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Fall Sem. This course presents an overview of the forest industry, with a primary emphasis on industrial forestry in the northeastern U.S. and adjacent Canada. The course will cover timber harvesting and wood procurement operations, including both the technologies used and major social, economic, and environmental factors that affect these operations. The course will also provide an overview of the main types of forest industrial facilities operating in the region. While the emphasis will be on larger industrial facilities (large sawmills, pulp mills, furniture plants, etc.), smaller operations will also be covered. Throughout the course, an important element will be the role that foresters typically play when working with, or for, a forest industry firm. (3 hours lecture, field trips). Prerequisite: Introduction to Forestry (FOR 101).
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Spring Sem. A synthesis of landscape interpretation from the very bedrock up, through parent materials, land-use history, vegetation, and ultimately to atmosphere and climate, as they all work together to form forest soils. Emphasis is on New York State soils as a basis for comparison with soils of other forested regions of the United States (New England, Great Lakes, Southeast, Northwest). Here is an attempt to find out why plants, especially tree species, grow where they do. (2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab).
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Fall Sem. The development of forests of the United States and adjacent Canada since the end of the Ice Age is reconstructed. Evidence is from dendrochronological studies, fossil radiocarbon techniques, the written record, and structure of present forest stands. Both natural and human disturbances are examined. In addition to reconstruction of past forests and the observation of present ones in the field, we will predict the nature of future forests. (2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab). Prerequisites: Dendrology (FOR 110) and Natural Habitat Interpretation (ENV 222).
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